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Being from Wisconsin I see where your mindset is also.

Well I, being from Kentucky, which is another state big on property rights (as am I personally), think the LPs were dead wrong. If this guy had caught and hauled off to jail, it would've been a good thing. If he'd gotten humiliated for stealing, it would've been a good thing. If he'd even gotten roughed a bit, he would've earned it. But he didn't earn being suffocated to death. Not for stealing such low value inconsequential items. And especially considering how he was held down and suffocated for 20 minutes.

You are the second one to mention the value of the merchandise. Do you have a monetary threshold amount you would place on property to detain someone? What if it was your property he was stealing. If it was my property I sure would not have a problem with it no matter what the value, it is the principle. Where do people get off thinking it is OK to steal if you can outrun and get away with it. He wasn't able to out run them this time and if had not fought with them he would have still had a shirt on, it got ripped off in the struggle and what a struggle it was.Reports of 10 to 15 minutes to subdue him, no wonder the LP guy said he was high on something. This perp caused all this and there is no one to blame but him.